THE ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN DROUGHT TOLERANCE OF TWO NON-SUCCULENT XEROPHYTIC SPECIES , Launaea spinosa (FORSSK.) SCH. BIP. EX KUNTZE AND Leptadenia pyrotechnica (FORSSK.) DECNE. | ||
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||
Article 3, Volume 2, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 471-477 PDF (410.77 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2011.55641 | ||
Authors | ||
Fawzia A. A. Ebad1; Zeinab A. Khidr1; A. M. Ahmed2; Hend A. Y. El-Khawaga1 | ||
1Botany Dept., Faculty of Science, (Girls Branch) Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
2Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
Abstract | ||
Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants effect were studied in two non-succulent xerophytes, Launaea spinosa and Leptadenia pyrotechinca growing naturally at wadi Hagul eastern desert of Egypt .The data revealed that catalase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase as well as ᾳ-tocopherol were higher during dry than wet season. The reverse was true for ascorbic acid. | ||
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